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Innovations in HPV Vaccination and Roles of Nurses in Cervical Cancer Prevention

  • Yildirim, Julide Gulizar;Arabaci, Zeynep
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.23
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    • pp.10053-10056
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    • 2015
  • The human papilloma virus (HPV) is the main aetiological agent for cervical cancer, one of the most frequent cancers observed in women throughout the world. There are effective programs for reducing the incidence of cervical cancer with HPV vaccination. The objective of this study was to discuss the applicability of the HPV vaccination and the role of nurses in prevention of cervical cancer. Use of bivalent and quadrivalent vaccines has been initiated against the types of HPV which are the primary cause of cancer. The quadrivalent HPV vaccination has entered into the routine vaccination schedule in many European countries for use in children and adolescents between 9-15 years of age and for women between 16-26 years of age, whereas it has been proposed that the bivalent vaccination should be given to girls between 9-18 years of age. While cervical cancer is among the cancers that can be prevented, it is essential to continue screening tests while introducing vaccination in a systematic manner for protection. On this subject, among the most important roles of nurses is to implement the screening programs by fulfilling the caregiving, training and consultancy roles for the society and especially, for high risk groups and to increase the awareness of the people.

Simple Design Method of the Engine Enclosure Considering Cooling and Noise Reduction (냉각과 소음을 고려한 엔진 차폐 구조의 간편한 설계 방법)

  • 최재웅;김관엽;이희준
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.184-188
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    • 1999
  • Noise regulation of heavy construction machinery is getting stricter: 3 dB per every 4 year in European community. To meet this requirement many engineers have adopted the enclosing structures with thick absorbing materials and small opening, This increases internal temperature of the enclosure which have engine systems such as electric equipment that are vulnerable to heat, and engine block and muffler that can be regarded as heat sources. So noise control engineers have to consider a coupling problem: combining heat balance and noise reduction. This paper describes this approach by introducing simple heat transfer theory and SEA. The enclosing system of the loader whose enclosing structure consists of two rooms is investigated to show the validity of this method. The results represent that the simple heat transfer theory can be useful to estimate cooling performance when it is linked together by the back pressure theory in duct system. and the radiated noise can also be estimated by the SEA. Therefore a designer can use these approaches to define the opening ratio of an enclosure and the mass flow rate of air considering radiating noise.

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Rural Development Policy in Spain: Case of LEADER Program in Jerta Valley, Extramadura, Spain (EU 국가의 농촌개발정책: 스페인 엑스트라마두라, Jerta Valley 사례)

  • Park, Duk-Byeong;Lee, Min-Soo;Son, Eun-Ho
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.551-576
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    • 2008
  • The European Union has an active rural development policy because this helps us to achieve valuable goals for our countryside and for the people who live and work there. Rural development policy involves the cofinancing by the EU and Member States of a variety of measures. Member States decide on the most appropriate measures for their rural areas from a menu of measures proposed at EU level. There are 18 Leader+ programs in Spain. Program supports Local Action Groups which are located in two or more autonomous regions. The Valle del Jerte, located in the northwest of the province of Caceres is one of the districts making up what is known as the Alta Extremadura. The rural development strategy in this area is to overcome the great deficits of the rural world, prevent rural exodus by improving the quality of life of the population,and improve the soicoeconomic environment of the district in order to help create jobs and improve family incomes. Specifically they try to create a mechanism to improve involvement, communication and social cohesion in the district, with a view to improving the internal structure of organizations and establishing rural channels for cooperation between district institutions for integrated development of the district.

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Dissemination of Advanced Mouse Resources and Technologies at RIKEN BioResource Center

  • Yoshiki, Atsushi
    • Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.15.1-15.5
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    • 2010
  • RIKEN BioResource Center (BRC) has collected, preserved, conducted quality control of, and distributed mouse resources since 2002 as the core facility of the National BioResource Project by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. Our mouse resources include over 5,000 strains such as humanized disease models, fluorescent reporters, and knockout mice. We have developed novel mouse strains such as tissue-specific Cre-drivers and optogenetic strains that are in high demand by the research community. We have removed all our specified pathogens from the deposited mice and used our quality control tests to examine their genetic modifications and backgrounds. RIKEN BRC is a founding member of the Federation of International Mouse Resources and the Asian Mouse Mutagenesis and Resource Association, and provides mouse resources to the one-stop International Mouse Strain Resource database. RIKEN BRC also participates in the International Gene Trap Consortium, having registered 713 gene-trap clones and their sequences in a public library, and is an advisory member of the CREATE (Coordination of resources for conditional expression of mutated mouse alleles) consortium which represents major European and international mouse database holders for the integration and dissemination of Cre-driver strains. RIKEN BRC provides training courses in the use of advanced technologies for the quality control and cryopreservation of mouse strains to promote the effective use of mouse resources worldwide.

Ecological and Biogeochemical Response of Antarctic Ecosystems to Iron Fertilization and Implications on Global Carbon Cycle

  • Bathmann, Ulrich
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.231-235
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    • 2005
  • The European Iron Fertilization Experiment EIFEX studied the growth and decline of a phytoplankton bloom stimulated by fertilising $10km^2$ in the core of a mesoscale $(80{\times}120km)$ cyclonic eddy south of the Antarctic Polar Front with about 2 times 7 tonnes of iron sulphate. The phytoplankton accumulation induced by iron fertilization did not exceed $3{\mu}g\;chl\;a\;l^{-1}$ despite a draw down of $5{\mu}M$ of nitrate that should have resulted in at least double to triple the amount of phytoplankton biomass assuming regular Redfield-ratios for draw down after phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean. During EIFEX the fertilized core of the mesoscale eddy evolved to a hotspot for a variety of small and medium sized mesozooplankton copepods. In contrast to copepods, the biomass of salps (Salpa thompson)) that dominated zooplankton biomass before the onset of our experiment decreased to nearly extinction. Most of the species of the rnosozooplankton community showed extremely hiか feeding rates compared to literature values from Southern Ocean summer communities. At the end of the experiment, massive phytoplankton sedimentation reached the sea floor at about 3800m water depth.

A Work Analysis of MVRDV based on Architectural Thinking System and the Datascape(1992-2006) (MVRDV의 건축적 사유방식과 데이터스케이프를 기반으로 한 작품 특성 분석(1992-2006))

  • Park, Hyun-Ok
    • Journal of The Korean Digital Architecture Interior Association
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2007
  • After 20th century, The using of data tend to important in a sphere of architecture. The recent European including MVRDV, Rem Koolhaas, Van Verkel and Zaha Hadid tend to the their own design strategy based on the objective data. This architectural design method leads to make new paradigm of contemporary architecture. For the purpose of the understanding a part of new architecture paradigm(datascping), I will analyze the relation of Thing system and Formation system in 36 works of MVRDV from 1992 to 2006. As a results are as follows. The purpose The results of this research are as follows: First, The physical and social elements(Thinking system) are density of site, networking, lighting & vista, micro-climate, energy, noise & vibration, life style, city, communication and variety. Second, The Formation system is layering & stacking, open & close, folding & extending and eco-friendly design. Finally, the major matrix of MVRDV's works is pragmatic and systematic approach to the lighting, climate and variety of community.

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A study on the social housing policy and architectural culture in Italy - Focused on the case of INA (Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni) - Casa 1949-1963 - (제2차 세계대전 이후 이탈리아 주거정책과 건축문화의 역사적 고찰 - 이탈리아 국립보험공단 주택국의 주거정책을 중심으로 1949-1963 -)

  • Kim, Il-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 2008
  • Public housing problem became a major issue in each European country during the period of the reconstruction. This study focuses on the one of the major institutional policies in the public housing sectors in Europe during the second postwar period, specifically the INA (Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni)-Casa in Italy from 1949 to 1963. Thanks to the financial Aid provided by 'Marshall Plan' of United States government, Italy initiated INA-Casa housing program elaborated and realized by minister of Labour, Amintore Fanfani. He was strongly influenced by catholic socialism and Weberian corporatism, and also had previously written theoretical studies on the subject during the Interwar years. The outcome of this policy had been devaluated for its Keynesian aspect as well as vernacular predominance in the architectural forms. On the contrary, this study focuses on themes such as continuity of politics before and after the Liberation, status of the architects and their will to social engagement, notion of quarter as 'self-sufficient community' and 'residential unit'. These factors will allow to comprehend the complex nature of the reality where different categories were involved to resolve the common housing problem.

A Study on The Aviation policy for UNFCCC of Korea and Other states (기후변화 협약 이행관련 국내.외 항공정책에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Jin-Ah;Kim, Sun-lhee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.32-38
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    • 2012
  • The United Nations (UN) has tried to make international agreement to restrict artificial greenhouse gas emissions and the UN has concluded the UN Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto protocol. Moreover, in 2012, the European Union announced that they will enforce the Directive 2008/101/EC. Therefore, after 2012, aircraft carriers that depart or arrive from EU will follow that regulation. For these reasons, Korea should prepare systematic and effective policy to reduce greenhouse gas emission from aviation activities. The purpose of this study is to find out effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission from aviation activities through research by countries all over the world. Here are the 4 measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission from Aviation activities that were found through research UK and Japan's policies. First, Korea should implement aggressive incentive policies. Providing proper incentive can attract voluntary participation of aircraft carriers to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Second, the government should adopt environmental tax on use of fossil fuels. Third, Korea should adopt the greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Lastly, the Korea government should pull in with the international community to establish world-wide environmental policies.

Toxic Elements in Edible Mollusks from Igneada Coasts of the Black Sea, Turkey

  • Bat, Levent;Sahin, Fatih;Oztekin, Aysah
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2018
  • In this present work, the amounts of toxic elements were determined in the soft tissues of mollusks (Mytilus galloprovincialis and Rapana venosa) collected from Igneada shores of the Black Sea where suggested as Marine Protection Area (MPA). M. galloprovincialis accumulated the highest amounts of Cd in winter, while the highest amounts of Cd and Hg were detected in R. venosa in winter and autumn. The concentrations of toxic elements found in the soft tissues of mollusks varied for Cd: 0.07-0.14, Hg: 0.03-0.44 and Pb: 0.09-0.21 mg/g dry wt. The estimated levels of all non-essential metals in the present work were lower than the limits permitted by European Community Regulation (EU) and the Turkish Food Codex (TFC). The estimated weekly intakes (EWI) and daily intakes (EDI) of all the through consumption of these seafood by Turkish people in the Igneada coasts of the Black Sea were quite below the permissible tolerable weekly/daily intakes for 70 kg person (PTWI / PTDI) set by FAO/WHO. As results, it can be concluded that no hazard effects on people health would be raised at present from the consumption of these mollusks' species.

Big Data Strategies for Government, Society and Policy-Making

  • LEE, Jung Wan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.7
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    • pp.475-487
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    • 2020
  • The paper aims to facilitate a discussion around how big data technologies and data from citizens can be used to help public administration, society, and policy-making to improve community's lives. This paper discusses opportunities and challenges of big data strategies for government, society, and policy-making. It employs the presentation of numerous practical examples from different parts of the world, where public-service delivery has seen transformation and where initiatives have been taken forward that have revolutionized the way governments at different levels engage with the citizens, and how governments and civil society have adopted evidence-driven policy-making through innovative and efficient use of big data analytics. The examples include the governments of the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and India, and different levels of government agencies in the public services of fraud detection, financial market analysis, healthcare and public health, government oversight, education, crime fighting, environmental protection, energy exploration, agriculture, weather forecasting, and ecosystem management. The examples also include smart cities in Korea, China, Japan, India, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. This paper makes some recommendations about how big data strategies transform the government and public services to become more citizen-centric, responsive, accountable and transparent.